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It was very interesting to see previous events from Yozora's point of view. Yozora's cuteness increased tenfold thanks to this episode. 10 x 0 still equals 0, though... no, I'm just kidding! Don't hit me! She really was cute in this ep. And her younger self was beyond adorable dressed as a girl. If she had managed to work up the courage to see Kodaka that day, you can be damn sure he would have never forgotten about her.

Consequently, Yozora and Kodaka's reunion ended up being incredibly awkward. That was to be expected of course, but wow, I didn't think it'd be that bad . I'm disappointed that nothing substantial came out of all of this. They teased us about their past friendship throughout the whole season, and when Kodaka finally remembers, Yozora basically tells him to forget about it again. It seems a bit pointless. The flashback of Yozora saying nicknames are used by friends even implies she doesn't see him as a friend anymore. Obviously, it's just her being shy/tsundere but I'm afraid Kodaka has gotten the wrong idea.

On the other hand, I really enjoyed how Sena was the only one who recognized Yozora right away. Add to that that Yozora always calls Sena by her nickname and that means...

It was very interesting to see previous events from Yozora's point of view. Yozora's cuteness increased tenfold thanks to this episode. 10 x 0 still equals 0, though... no, I'm just kidding! Don't hit me!

*Chases after the false Kanon with a katana and a M-60*

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Originally Posted by Kanon

The flashback of Yozora saying nicknames are used by friends even implies she doesn't see him as a friend anymore. Obviously, it's just her being shy/tsundere but I'm afraid Kodaka has gotten the wrong idea.

It's more of the two have to start all over again. In a sense, the old friendship is buried, with a new one waiting to blossom into a deeper, truer friendship.....

And possibly a very deep relationship.

It's just what I would call renewal.

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Originally Posted by Kanon

On the other hand, I really enjoyed how Sena was the only one who recognized Yozora right away. Add to that that Yozora always calls Sena by her nickname and that means...

After this episode, I kind of side with Yozora. Maria being bullied by Yozora is her own fault, and Sena does not deserve any sympathy either.
It was kind of funny how Maria blew her chances, by being a rude to her in the first place. In contrast, Yozora treats Kobato like a normal kid, because she actually likes children.
Personally I think it was nicely done and the reusing of older material was not too bad. 10/10 because wraps up Yozora's motivation to founding a club and more or less everything is sorted. Sequel yes or no? After this ending it does not really need one.

@Sides/noobita: I am really surprised that you realized these because of the last episode

Well until now we just saw one side of the story, and it just shows Yozora just being "extremely" mean to those two. OK to be fair I didn't really pay to much attention to the series, but did find it frustrating that Yozora was being the portrayed as a bully and was mean to people without any reason. But thinking back she was only rude to those two, and now with a reason.
Seeing how Sena was making fun of Yozora, I reckon the role might been reversed and Sena would have been the bully, if Yozora didn't had dominant/strong personality.

Eh...I was kind of disappointed with this episode. They'd been building up to this with flashbacks and dreams since the beginning of the series and it feels pretty anticlimactic how almost nothing seems to change after the reveal. I don't know if this is all they could do because of where the novels are at (I know nothing about them), and it does feel appropriate given Yozora and Kodaka's personalities, but I still can't help but feel underwhelmed.

I had realized since episode 2. It is just I felt obliged to state the obvious in the final Bokutomo thread. After all, there won't be any meat and sora scene.

My bad, read your post after C2F suggestions, along Sides', made me think that way. But ep.2? That's too early, probably seemed to be potentially a good mix, but not best friends.

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Originally Posted by LeaD36

I guess i'm the lone soldier in the Yukimura ending camp =(

Well, it's not like Yukimura had any impact or development, so unless one is into crossdressers, he wouldn't appeal as other characters; same can be said about lolicons and Maria

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Originally Posted by mironicus

Blushing at Yozora in a male costume... so Yozora just have to act as a boy to win his heart it seems.

Nah... rather his freindship. If I can blame Yozora for something, is that she has this rigid worldview about everything, and is extremely inflexible about changing her mind based on what actually happens.

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Originally Posted by Sides

Well until now we just saw one side of the story, and it just shows Yozora just being "extremely" mean to those two. OK to be fair I didn't really pay to much attention to the series, but did find it frustrating that Yozora was being the portrayed as a bully and was mean to people without any reason. But thinking back she was only rude to those two, and now with a reason.

Seeing how Sena was making fun of Yozora, I reckon the role might been reversed and Sena would have been the bully, if Yozora didn't had dominant/strong personality.

Sure, in Haganai Alternative

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Originally Posted by Lexxus

Nooo Yozora. What did you do to your hair?!

Looks like I'm not the only who noticed this

Kodaka, thought Sora was a boy, not to mention the 10 years interval... I had a hard time recognizing people after 4 years, not 10! As for the rest they had a hard time recognizing her with the horse head.

Nonetheless, the director/scriptwriter definitely wanted to make a point that Sena understands her best, albeit they made it in a very crude way.

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Originally Posted by Chaos2Frozen

Normally I'm very anal when it comes to this issue (Bakemonogatari, D.Gray-man etc) but for some reason I think Yozora does looks good with short hair.

These are indeed strange times...

I also like her with short hair much more

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Now if only there was a practical was to solve the two Yozoras maids mystery.

While the end wasn't stellar, it still was ok. (I should've rated it 7/10 instead of 8/10 - can you somehow change that?)

As I had thought already, Yozora not showing up on that last day was 100% her fault alone - she was there, but she didn't show herself. Thus, she has no one to blame for it but herself alone. That she still tries to pin it to Kodaka is ludicrous, but fits her bitchy, trollish nature.
Also, with this being entirely her own fault, there's no excuse for her bitchy behaviour, and from the looks of it, she won't change it one bit of it now either.

Likewise as I already thought, Kodaka now knowing that Yozora was the boy from 10 years ago doesn't really change anything - not for Kodaka who says that they're now different persons, and not for Yozora either who eventually realised the same and tells him to continue calling her Yozora.

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Originally Posted by Haak

The Yozora's POV was a bit weird. Seeing Yozora all deredere like that was just a bit strange and like others said, it didn't really add anything we didn't already know.

Yes, it was strange to see tsun-only Yozora suddenly going dere.
They really could've shortened the obvious stuff and instead slip in an update on the Kodaka-Sena relationship.